Don Giovanni

USC Thornton Opera
USC Flora L. Thornton School of Music

~ Thursday, April 23, 2009 - Sunday, April 26, 2009

University Park Campus
Bing Theatre

Free to USC faculty, staff and students with valid ID. Senior citizens and non-USC students, $12. General admission, $18.


The Thornton Opera program presents a sumptuous and timeless masterpiece, Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Don Giovanni, presented by the USC Thornton Opera in cooperation with the Thornton Chamber Orchestra, will have four performances.

Thursday, April 23, 8 p.m.
Friday, April 24, 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 25, 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 26, 2 p.m.

Brent McMunn
, conductor
Ken Cazan
, stage director

The Opera program presents Mozart’s Don Giovanni, performed by the singing-actors of the USC Thornton vocal and performing arts program and instrumentalists of the Thornton Chamber Orchestra.

Mozart’s masterpiece tells the story of Don Giovanni, an aging nobleman, driven by an uncontrollable sexual appetite. A rapist and a murderer, Giovanni finally meets an end
appropriate to his hedonistic and destructive lifestyle. This witty piece of satirical drama is a reminder of the price paid for thoughtlessness and recklessness.

Don’t miss this thrilling and disturbing evening of opera theatre, set in the 21st century.

This production is rated PG-13 for violence and mature content.

Flora L. Thornton School of Music

http://www.usc.edu/music